nə́

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Ghomala'

Particle

nə́

1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

   Mú yə̂ŋ kuŋ nə́ mɛ̂nyə á.

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2. in/into, on/onto

   Pǒ níŋ msəm nə́.

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3. from/of

   Pó kəŋtə mwə́ nə̂ nám.

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Noun

nə́ gender unattested singular of ? gender unattested

1. body

   Nə̂ á sɔ̀mtə̀. ― My body has many pimples.

   [...] bɑ gɑ́ gɑ̌ tò nɑ́ a pɑ́ mɔk [...] ― and that I delived my body to the flames.

Variant spellings

• naə́
• nɑ́

Related terms

(Locative syntagms):

• dzʉ̌ (“outside”)
• jyə̀ (“in the direction of”)
• kha'tə̀ (“behind”)
• nə́ (“on/towards”)
• nə́ m̀
• pûkwàp (“left”)
• pûtyɔ̀ (“right”)
• shwə̀ (“before”)
• sə́ (“ahead”)
• thə́ (“on”)
• ŋka'tə̀ (“behind”)

References

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
• Minette Corrine Mokam Foko (2020), The Morphosyntax of Ghɔmáláʼ Verbs: Focus on Inherent Complement Verbs and Serial Verb Constructions
• Engelbert Domché-Téko, Le Locatif en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVIII.1 (2000-1)